Oil-flow tank



May .12, 1925. 1,537,189

O.' A. PETERS OIL FLOW TANK Fiied March v, 1924 /A/ VE N TOR Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO A. '.PETERS, 0F WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS.

OIL-FLOW TANK.

application mea March 7, 1924. seriai No. 697,549.

and it is my principal object to provide a device of this nature whereby the flow of,

oil into said tankl may be inspected 'without releasing the gas pressure in said tank.

vFurther objects and advantages will be apparent as the invention is more fully disclosed.

Vith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described, and claimed, the description being supplemented by the accompanying drawing forming a -part of this application, wherein the various parts are referred to by numbers.

1 is a tank which may be of any convenient design. 2 is a covered manhole disposed' on the top thereof. 3 is a cylindrical housing having the lower end thereof tapered in a cone shape, as shown at 3*, and inserted into the top of the tank 1. 4 is a tubular member attached tothe lower end of the housing 3 and extending downward in the. tank 1 1n an oblique position toprevent the oil from splashing to the bottom of the tank, thereby retarding agitation of the oil, the lower. endof the tubular member 4 being spaced from the bottom of said tank below the oil level therein. 5 is a cover disposed on top of the housing 3 to enable inspection of the oil flowing therein. 6, 6a and 6b are ipes leading into the housing 3. 7 is a tu ular member attached near the top of the tubu` lar member 4, and. extending downward longitudinally with the tubular member 4, the lower end of the tubular member 7 being submerged approximately six inches in the oil to enable the gas that accumu-v lates in the tubular member 4 and the housing 3 to pass through the oil into the tank, and also to prevent the gas in the tank 1 from escaping through the tubular member 4 and the housing 3, when the inspection cover 5 is opened. 8 is a valve disposed 1n the cover 5 for'the` purpose of releasing the gas pressure in the housing 3 before the cover 5 is opened. 9 is a tubular member attached to the top of the tank 1, for

the purposeeof conveying the gas therefrom to the place of consumption. 10 is a valve disposed near the bottom of the tank 1 for the purpose of draining the setthngs from the bottom of said tank.

11 is a valve attached tc the tank 1 above the surface of the oil therein. 12 is a -tubular member extending downward on the inside of said tank from the valve 11, the lower end of the tubular member 12 being submerged below the surface of the oil in said tank.

The device operates in the following manner: Oil coming into the housing 3`thro`ugh the pipes 6 is lowered to the bottom of the tankl through the tubular member 4, the gas that accumulates in the tubular member 4 and the housing 3 passes into the tank 1 throughthe tubular member 7 it will be noted that the tubular member 4 is submerged deeper into the oil than the tubular member 7, thereby enabling the gas to follow the course of least resistance, which is through the tubular member 7, the gas pressure in the tank 1 forces-the oil through the tubular member 12 and the valve 11 to the storage tank.

While it is believed from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desi-re to indicate clearly that I do not limit myself to the specific construction herein shown and'described, and that such changes may be resorted to, when desired, as fall within the scope of what .is herein claimed.

What I claim is:

1. In an oil flow tank of the character l described, the combination of a tank, a

housing mounted on said tank, a plurality of tubular members attached to said hous- Asubmergerl below the sin-face of the oil in 10 the tank.

4. A11-oli flow tank as delined in claim l,

said tubular member attached to the bottom of the housing being disposed at an oblique angle downwardly with the lower 15 end thereof 'submerged below the surface oithe oil in said tank.

' OTTO A. PETERS. 

